Dryer for clothes

Abstract

Provided is a dryer for clothes. The dryer for the clothes includes a lint filter assembly, and a lint filter cleaning device for removing lint attached to the lint filter assembly. The lint filter assembly includes a filter frame defining an edge thereof, a mesh member attached to the filter frame to cover an inner region of the filter frame, and a partition rib including a plurality of horizontal ribs and vertical ribs which are disposed inside the filter frame. The mesh member is partitioned into a plurality of filtering blocks by the plurality of horizontal ribs and vertical ribs.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a U.S. National Stage Application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT Application No. PCT / KR2015 / 003731, filed Apr. 14, 2015, which claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-10-2014-0045717, filed Apr. 17, 2014, whose entire disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present disclosure relates to a dryer for clothes.BACKGROUND ART[0003]Dryers for clothes are home appliances that supply hot air into a drying drum to remove moisture absorbed into clothes in a state where objects to be dried are put into the rotating drum. Hot air supplied into a drum may be generated by using electrical resistance heat or combustion heat using a gas fuel. Then, the hot air may be supplied into the drying drum by using a blower fan.[0004]Also, dryers for clothes may be classified into forced convection dryers and air vented dryers according to a hot air supply method. That is, the forced convection...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]According to the dryer for the clothes according to the embodiment, the partition rib having the lattice structure may be disposed inside the filter frame of the lint filter assembly to divide and collect the lint generated during the drying onto the lint filter assembly. Thus, the lint lump separated from the lint filter assembly while the lint filter assembly is cleaned may be minimized in size.

[0013]Also, the limitation in which the lint separated from the lint filter assembly blocks the inlet and outlet of the drain pump to deteriorate the drying performance may be improved.

[0014]Also, in the dryer of the clothes according to the embodiment, the lint filter assembly is partitioned into the plurality of filtering blocks, and a difference between the filter cleaning times for the blocks may be generated. Thus, since the lint lumps each of which has a small size are introduced to the drain pump with a time difference, the phenomenon in which the inlet and outlet of the pumping chamber of the drain pump are blocked by the lint lumps may be minimized.

Problems solved by technology

When the lint is deposited on the lint filter assembly, the lint may interrupt a flow of air to increase a load of the blower fan.

As a result, drying performance may be deteriorated, power consumption may increases, and the lint may act as a failure cause of the blower fan.

Furthermore, the lint generated during the drying process may be introduced into a fan motor or combustion device that is mounted on a lower portion of the drying drum through a gap between the drying drum and a cabinet to cause fire in the dryer.

Also, when the water is sprayed through the nozzles, the lint lump separated from the lint filter assembly may have a significantly large size.

However, since a pumping chamber in which an impeller of the drain pump is accommodated has an inlet that has a size significantly less than that of the lint lump separated from the lint filter assembly, the lint lump may block the inlet or an outlet of the pumping chamber to increase a load of the drain pump.

Also, the increase of the load of the drain pump may ultimately cause a damage of the drain pump.

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